Fuzzy Text in PIX3

Arlexda · Post by **Arlexda** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 2:32 am

I am having a problem with text on my website. In PIX3 it is not as clear as the other PI programs. Is there anyway to adjust the text to make it clearer?

gildda · Post by **gildda** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:22 pm

I have been having the same problem. Can you let me know if you get an answer?

Thanks,

Marji

Xyzzy2 · Post by **Xyzzy2** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:41 pm

In tool settings for Text tool there is Antialiasing option. Try to use it.

ACeleste · Post by **ACeleste** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:46 pm

That does sound like an antialiasing issue. One thing I'm curious about, do you mean graphical text (where you're using 2D or 3D fills/effects) or just plain text?

A sample of the problem might be helpful.

sisom · Post by **sisom** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 12:11 pm

This is probably due to the method that PI uses for antialiasing - for small text (i.e. under 30px or thereabouts) the build in Windows anti aliasing is much better, but PI doesn't use it. If you're making buttons for a website, the only way to get clear text is to actually make a test webpage using the buttons as the background image for a CSS style, then put real text over the top, using HTML, then cut the button using a screengrabber (I recommend FastStone Capture), and then save the button like that.

All small text that PI produces is blurred and unclear, and looks VERY unprofessional on a website. This is one of the few bad things about PI, everything else I love, but this problem is a big one for a lot of people.

But other programs also use their own unsatisfactory anti aliasing for smaller font sizes, so I don't think there is an easy solution.

Xyzzy2 · Post by **Xyzzy2** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 1:00 pm

I agree PI's small text doesn't look good.
But I've checked two other photo editors I have (PS CS3 and Photo-Paint X3) against PIX3, with 12 point text, with all aa settings, and they all look similar to each other.
I think better option in such case is to convert text to image and then apply some filters.

sisom · Post by **sisom** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 5:55 pm

I found that the only way to get clear, small text, was to produce it in HTML, apply a background of the button or image that you want the text to go on, using CSS, and screengrab it using FastStone Capture. A massive amount of work for such a small thing, but it seems like none of the graphics programs programmers care about this. You would have thought they could have used Windows' built in anti-aliasing and give us the option of choosing it.